Summer 1999 ~tanfor~ law ~c~ool [xecutive [~ucation Programs Since 1993 the Executive Education Programs at Stanford Law School have provided a national forum for leaders in the business and legal communities to share their expertise. Our law and business faculty will challenge and inspire you. We invite you to Jam us. ': .. This was the most beneficial course I've attended in my career. " Directors' College '99 Parricipant Mark Segura, CLECO Corporation 'Informal discussion and associating with other participants is very valuable-just bringing this group together is worthwhile. " General Counsel '98 Parricipant Contact us: Executive Education Phone: (650) 723-5905 Fax: (650) 72P861 Visit us at our website: http://lawschool.stanford.edu/execed ISSUE55 / SUMMER 1999 FEATURLS 18 PAUL BREST'S FOOTSTEPS A confluence of events 12 years ago fated Paul Brest's deanship to a troubled infancy. But Brest's relentless quest for improvement-his own and the Law School's-ensured that those baby steps would become historic strides. 26 THE STORY OF A SENTENCE 12 Does this guy deserve three years in jail? Yes, says an DAUGHTER OF A SOLDIER assistant U.s. attorney, who does his best to string With the poise of a veteran together a sentence that makes sense. and the confidence of her convictions, 33-year-old Cheryl Mills defended the Presidency, woke up the Senate, and wowed 3 Washington. Sullivan's appointment as Dean makes a splash Gunther, Babcock add to their honors Two faculty earn tenure Antitrust legend William Baxter dies A new book on "don't ask, don't tell" D--Lf_AJLL&LLNlS From the Dean-tO Professors in Print-24 Law Gatherings-28 Cover Pboto Classmates-33 ".Y SlfJ(f1l Rubin In Memoriam-66 , TAN F 0 1\ I) LA \'II V F 1\ 0 Do you have an address, telephone number, or e-mail address for any of EDITDR the following Stanford Law alumni (Classes of 1960 to 1985)? 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The New York Times and in the field for a generation. Sullivan, who had the Wall Streetlournal both ran lO-inch articles. The Los book as a text when she was a law student, is the Angeles Times, in a piece titled "The New Sage of coauthor ofthe 13th and most recent edition, and a priest, she Stanford," reviewed Sullivan's ascendancy and will edit future editions. referred to her as "a star." As if to underscore that Speaking to the Board ofVisitors this spring, would make a characterization, celebrity photographer Annie Sullivan said her job is to nurture initiatives begun Leibovitz, unsolicited, traveled to Stanford to meet by Brest, and to sustain the momentum created by perfect pope." and shoot Sullivan. the School's capital campaign. Beyond that, she All ofthis attention must signify something. said, she will work toward making the Law School -Harmrd Law School Colleagues, friends, and Law School faculty say the "best that it can be," both as a source of legal Sullivan's selection is newsworthy because of its his­ education and a center for legal scholarship. Professor Laurence torical precedent-she is the first woman dean at Sullivan, who has said that "teaching has always Tribe reacting to any Stanford professional school and the first female been at the absolute center" ofher career, plans to to head a law school at Yale, Harvard, or Stanford; continue teaching constitutional law. Kathleen Sullivan's because her credentials are impeccable-she is Q For a complete bibliography of print media coverage of appointment as dean widely regarded as one ofthe nation's sharpest legal Sullivan's appointment. see the website at http://lawschool. minds, a constitutional law scholar virtually without stanford.edu/newdean.shtml. of Stanford Law peer; and because her combination of intellectual School, in the San Jose firepower and personal charisma create a palpable Mercury News excitement both inside and outside the Law School. Expectations are high that Sullivan possesses the qualities to move not just Stanford Law School but the entire legal community to higher ground. "Kathleen is a phenomenally articulate spokesperson for the Law School," said outgoing Dean Paul Brest. "She has Outgoing Dean Paul Brest will a natural ability to let the become president of the William world know about its achievements. And she and Flora Hewlett Foundation has a vision for the School next year, following a one-semes­ that connects it very close­ ter sabbatical at the NYU School ly with the profession." Sullivan's appointment of Law. See the Brest retrospec­ CIS Richard E.